The Irrawaddy Magazine

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• Volunteers Help Myanmar Migrant Workers Register to Vote in Thailand
• Myanmar Health Experts Fear Public Complacency Could Lead to Second Wave of COVID-19
• Myanmar OKs Venture With Japan’s AEON to Build Country’s Biggest Mall in Yangon
• Chair of Myanmar Military Proxy Party Will Run for Parliament
• Myanmar Govt Restores Internet in Rakhine, Locals Complain of Weak Signal
• Love of the Lingo
• Philippines Begins Avigan Clinical Trials for COVID-19 Treatment
• China Raps US for Using National Security as Reason to Bully TikTok
• Massive Blast in Beirut Kills at Least 73, Injures 3,700

Volunteers Help Myanmar Migrant Workers Register to Vote in Thailand Posted: 05 Aug 2020 07:17 AM PDT Volunteers are helping Thailand's large population of migrant voters, many of whom are voting for the first time, register to cast ballots early.

Myanmar Health Experts Fear Public Complacency Could Lead to Second Wave of COVID-19 Posted: 05 Aug 2020 04:28 AM PDT Health authorities need to get tougher about enforcing COVID-19 prevention measures to instil a 'new normal' among the public, experts warned amid fears of a second wave.

Myanmar OKs Venture With Japan’s AEON to Build Country’s Biggest Mall in Yangon Posted: 05 Aug 2020 03:14 AM PDT Myanmar's investment agency has approved a venture between local firm Shwe Taung and Japan's AEON, which will build the country's largest mall in Dagon Seikan Township.

Chair of Myanmar Military Proxy Party Will Run for Parliament Posted: 05 Aug 2020 03:06 AM PDT U Than Htay, chair of the Union Solidarity and Development Party, will run for a Lower House seat in Naypyitaw's Zayarthiri Township, which the party won in both 2010 and 2015.

Myanmar Govt Restores Internet in Rakhine, Locals Complain of Weak Signal Posted: 05 Aug 2020 01:59 AM PDT After a year-long internet blackout, 2G service has resumed in western Myanmar's conflict zones but locals say the signal is weak and telecom firms appear to be limiting access.

Love of the Lingo Posted: 04 Aug 2020 11:17 PM PDT To mark Monday's passing of John Okell, a noted British instructor of the Burmese language, The Irrawaddy revisits this 2015 profile of the much-loved teacher.

Philippines Begins Avigan Clinical Trials for COVID-19 Treatment Posted: 04 Aug 2020 10:13 PM PDT Clinical trials of the Japanese drug Avigan have begun in the Philippines as a possible treatment for COVID-19.

China Raps US for Using National Security as Reason to Bully TikTok Posted: 04 Aug 2020 10:07 PM PDT Beijing has urged the US to allow an open investment environment after President Trump vowed to shut down Chinese-owned app TikTok's US operations if they weren't sold.

Massive Blast in Beirut Kills at Least 73, Injures 3,700 Posted: 04 Aug 2020 09:39 PM PDT A huge explosion in Beirut, believed to have originated at a facility storing ammonium nitrate, has killed more than 70 people and injured some 3,700.

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